THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 55

chattels to the value of Twenty-five Dollars or upwards,
changing said figure to One Hundred Dollars in order to
comply with the provisions of Chapter 427 of the Acts
of 1953.

WHEREAS, By Chapter 427 of the Acts of 1953, the Gen-
eral Assembly amended Section 563 of Article 27 of the
Code, dealing with the crime of receiving certain money,
goods or chattels under the value of Twenty-five Dollars;
and

WHEREAS, The amendment made by the Act of 1953
changed this figure to One Hundred Dollars by reason of
the decreased value of money; and

WHEREAS, A similar change, therefore, should be made
in Section 562 of said Article 27, which now deals with the
offense of receiving stolen money, goods or chattels to the
value of Twenty-five Dollars or upwards; now therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 562 of Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Crimes and
Punishments," sub-title "Receiving Stolen Goods, Money or
Securities," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

562. Every person who shall be convicted of the crime of
receiving any stolen money, goods, or chattels, to the value
of [Twenty-five] One Hundred Dollars or upwards, know-
ing the same to be stolen, or of the crime of receiving any
bond, bill obligatory, bill of exchange, promissory note for
the payment of money, bank note, paper bill of credit, or
certificate granted by or under the authority of this State,
or the United States, or any of them, to the value of
[Twenty-five] One Hundred Dollars or upwards, knowing
the same to be stolen, shall restore such money, goods or
chattels or thing taken and received to the owner thereof,
or make restitution to the value of the whole or such part
thereof as shall not be restored, and shall be sentenced to
undergo confinement in the penitentiary, or in the house of
correction, or in jail, in the discretion of the Court impos-
ing sentence, for not more than ten years. And such re-
ceiver may be prosecuted and punished, although the
principal offender or offenders shall not have been con-
victed, and although such receiver shall have received such
money, goods or chattels or things from a person other
than the person by whom such money, goods or chattels or
things shall have been stolen.